I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAFashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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